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Passenger car – Volkswagen “Touareg Hybrid”

Serious risk Fire

Published by Safety Gate 3 Mar 2016In the weekly report of 11 Mar 2016 (week 10, 2016)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked 9 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate
Product
Passenger car
Brand
Volkswagen (223 alerts)
Brand as notified
VW
Name
Touareg Hybrid
Type / model
Type-approval number: e1*2007/46*0403*00Type: 7P
Batch numbers
The vehicles concerned were manufactured between 12/8/2009 and 18/4/2015. (official alert record)
Description
Passenger car
Production dates
The vehicles concerned were manufactured between 12/8/2009 and 18/4/2015.
Risk
null Water infiltration in the battery compartment (spare wheel recess) may cause a short circuit between the terminals of the high-voltage battery cells resulting in thermal destruction of the battery.
Measures
  • Recall of the product from end users · by the manufacturer
Notifying country
Germany
Country of origin
Germany
Alert type
Consumer

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Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert A12/0293/16
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  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2016-010 (XML)
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